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Why NASA's Mars rover Perseverance will use nuclear power to stay warm
By Meghan Bartels published
A spacecraft is only as strong as its power source, which is why when NASA was designing its Perseverance Mars rover, the agency turned to radioactive plutonium.
A Martian meteorite is going home, in NASA's Perseverance mission launch
By Mindy Weisberger published
London's Natural History Museum is sending a piece of a Martian meteorite back to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover.
Mars Rover Detects Primordial Signs of Life Under the Red Planet's Surface
By Isobel Whitcomb published
Don't get too excited just yet.
What Will Happen to the Opportunity Rover's Dead Body on Mars?
By Rafi Letzter published
NASA's Opportunity Rover has died on Mars. Now what?
A Rover That Will Look for Life on Mars Named for DNA Pioneer Rosalind Franklin
By Megan Gannon published
Rosalind Franklin was the British scientist whose work was integral to the discovery of DNA's structure.
'Foreign Object' on Mars Spotted by Curiosity Rover Is Just a Rock
By Mike Wall published
Curiosity photographed an odd, flat object that mission team members initially thought might have fallen off the car-size robot. But the "debris" turned out to be a Red Planet rock.
Curiosity Rover Spots Weird Tube-Like Structures on Mars
By Leonard David published
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found intriguing structures on Mars that look like tiny, fossilized worm burrows — but mission team members aren't claiming that the finds are evidence of life.
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